Hospital-cot and operating-table.



W. BROWN.

HOSPITAL OUT AND OPERAHNG TABLE- APPLICATION FILED mum, me.

1,283,292, Patented July 10, 1917.

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HOSPITAL-COT AND OPERATING-TABLE.

fipecification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1917.

Application filed May 24, 1916. Serial No. 99,519.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BROWN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hospital-Cots andOperating-Tables, of which the following is a full, true, and exactspecification.

My invention relates to hospital cots and operating tables and has forits principal object to provide an improved and novel form ofcombination cots and operating table; to provide a table having aflexible top which may be entirely separated from the remaining portionof the table without removing the patient therefrom.

Other objects will appear as my invention is more fully explained in thefollowing specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the appended claims:

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of my device with arts broken away.Fig. 2 is a side elevatlon of same with parts broken away. Fig. 3 is afragmentary end elevation.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, numerals 1 and 2 indicateside frame members which are held in spaced relationship to each otherby means of rods 3 which are secured to the former and pipe members awhich are secured to the latter. When in .an assembled position the rods3 fit within the pipe members 4. Side members 1 and 2 are provided withauxiliary side members 5 and 6 respectively which are hinged to the saidside members 1 and 2. Auxiliary members 5 and 6 are provided with rodsand tubes 3 and l the same as side members 1 and 2. A flexible canvasmember 7 is stretched above the tubular members l and around the end ofthe outer tubular members so as to form a continuous bed on top of thesaid tubular members. An extension sleeve 8 and a thumb screw 9 permitof the raising and lowering of the outer end of the auxiliary members 5and 6. Frame members 1 and 2 are provided with tubular legs 10 havingwheels 11 on their lower end. Short legs 12 are secured in an lmprovedremovable fashion to the side members 1 and 2 and are adapted to fitadjustably withln the tubular legs 10. Thumb screws 13 provide means forsettin and adjusting the relationship of the sald legs 12 and tubularlegs 10. Lazy tongs 14: connect the legs 10 so that when the top membersor side members 1 and 2 are removed from engagement with the legs, thesaid legs may be drawn together so as to occupy a small space and at thesame time be positively connected together. It will be noted that mycombined cot and operating table are adjustable as to height and thatwhen used as a cot, the side frame together with the leg 12 areseparated from the legs 10 and are allowed to set directly upon thefloor. When a patient is being removed from the cot or operating table,all the leg members are removed and the side frames together with a rod3 and tube 4: and the canvas 7 in place are placed upon the bed. Sidemember 1 and rod 3 are then withdrawn from engagement with the canvas onone side, while the side member 2 and the tube 4 are withdrawn on theother side of the canvas, thereby leaving the canvas entirely free andseparated from all other engagements with the said side members. A newcanvas member may be replaced upon the frame and the table is againready for occupancy.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I amaware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves toothers skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention, and I therefore desire to avoid being limited to theexact form shown and described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protectby Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a pair ofparallel and similar side members, tubular tie members secured to one ofsaid side members, rods secured to the other of said side members and sospaced and arranged as to telescopically fit within the said tubularmembers, extension side members hinged to said side members and providedwith rods and tubes similar to said side members.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a pair ofparallel and similar side members, tubular tie members secured to one ofsaid side members, rods secured to the other of said side members, andso spaced and arranged as to telescopically fit within the said tubularmembers, extension side members hinged to said side members and providedwith rods and tubes similar to said side members, a flexible carry ingmember supported by said tubular tie members 7 and separable therewith,whereby a patient resting upon the said flexible member may be leftthereon and the said ties and frames may be removed.

3; In a device of the class described, the

combination of a pair of parallel and similar side members, tubular tiemembers secured to onerof said side members, rods secured to the otherof saidside members, and so spaced and arranged as to telescopically Vfit within the said tubular members, exten- Gopies of this patent may beobtained for sion side members hinged to said side memfive cents each,by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

